diff --git a/buildspec-pr.yaml b/buildspec-pr.yaml
index 3d6ee87c8d1ff..647b78849b3e8 100644
--- a/buildspec-pr.yaml
+++ b/buildspec-pr.yaml
@@ -12,6 +12,10 @@ phases:
 
       # Install yarn if it wasn't already present in the image
       - yarn --version || npm -g install yarn
+
+      # Packing the mono-libraries (monocdk & aws-cdk-lib) can cause
+      # memory errors. Increasing this value allows our build to more consistently succeed
+      - (command -v sysctl || yum install -y procps-ng) && /sbin/sysctl -w vm.max_map_count=2251954
   build:
     commands:
       - /bin/bash ./build.sh --extract
diff --git a/buildspec.yaml b/buildspec.yaml
index 3f2bb4e7e1102..0fc990a17c805 100644
--- a/buildspec.yaml
+++ b/buildspec.yaml
@@ -12,6 +12,10 @@ phases:
 
       # Install yarn if it wasn't already present in the image
       - yarn --version || npm -g install yarn
+
+      # Packing the mono-libraries (monocdk & aws-cdk-lib) can cause
+      # memory errors. Increasing this value allows our build to more consistently succeed
+      - /sbin/sysctl -w vm.max_map_count=2251954
   build:
     commands:
       - 'if ${BUMP_CANDIDATE:-false}; then /bin/bash ./scripts/bump-candidate.sh; fi'